Police officer sacked for cuffing and dragging nurse from hospital to appeal dismissal

The police officer sacked for forcefully handcuffing and dragging a nurse out of a hospital is to appeal the decision to dismiss him.
Authorities confirmed that a Utah police officer who was caught on video roughly handcuffing a nurse because she refused to allow a blood draw has been fired.
The video of the aggressive encounter spread like wildfire online, attracting international attention.
Body-camera video showed nurse Alex Wubbels trying to explain that hospital policy required a warrant or formal consent to draw blood from the patient injured in a July 26 car crash.
The officer had... read more

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